So
how do we want to celebrate International Women's Day 2016?

Everyone - men and women - can pledge to take a
concrete step to help achieve gender parity more quickly - whether to help
women and girls achieve their ambitions, call for gender-balanced leadership,
respect and value difference, develop more inclusive and flexible cultures or
root out workplace bias. Each of us can be a leader within our own spheres of
influence and commit to take pragmatic action to accelerate gender parity.

Commit
to take action to accelerate gender parity

Globally, with individuals pledging to move from talk
to purposeful action - and with men and women joining forces - we can
collectively help women advance equal to their numbers and realize the
limitless potential they offer economies the world over. We have urgent work to
do. Are you ready to accelerate gender parity?

The Woman of the Day is Mélanie M. !!! Ronning
Against Cancer’s nice long for Paris Marathon on Sunday morning, February 21st
2016 !!! Happy Birthday to Melanie M. !!! From Ronald Tintin, Super Professeur and Ronning
Against Cancer

samedi 20 février 2016

Save the
date and the place to be supported by Ronald Tintin, Super Professeur and Ronning
Against Cancer in March 2016 !!!

Women's
History Month, in March, is an annual declared month that highlights the
contributions of women to events in history and their accomplishments
throughout history and in contemporary society.

Growing out
of a small-town school event in California, Women’s History Month is a
celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society. The
United States has observed it annually throughout the month of March since
1987.

“Working to Form a More Perfect Union:Honoring Women in Public Serviceand Government” is the theme for National Women’s
History Month 2016.

The National Women’s History
Month theme for 2016 honors women who have shaped America’s history and its
future through their public service and government leadership. Although often
overlooked and undervalued, collectively they have dramatically influenced our
public policy and the building of viable institutions and organizations. From
championing basic human rights to ensuring access and equal opportunity for all
Americans, they have led the way in establishing a stronger and more democratic
country.

Each of these public leaders
succeeded against great odds. The diversity of their experiences demonstrates
both the challenges and the opportunities women in public service have faced.
Their ability to use the art of collaboration to create inclusive solutions and
non-partisan policies, as well as their skill and determination, serve to
inspire future generations. The tenacity of each Honoree underlines the fact that
women from all cultural backgrounds in all levels of public service and
government are essential in the continuing work of forming a more perfect
union.

About
Women’s History Month

Women’s History Month in the United States grew out of a weeklong celebration
of women’s contributions to culture, history and society organized by the
school district of Sonoma,California,
in 1978. Presentations were given at dozens of schools, hundreds of students
participated in a “Real Woman” essay contest and a parade was held in downtown
Santa Rosa.

A few years later, the idea had caught on within communities, school
districts and organizations across the country. In 1980, PresidentJimmy Carterissued the first presidential
proclamation declaring the week of March 8 as National Women’s History Week.
The U.S. Congress followed suit the next year, passing a resolution
establishing a national celebration. Six years later, the National Women’s
History Project successfully petitioned Congress to expand the event to the entire
month of March.

International
Childhood Cancer Day is celebrated annually on 15 February to raise awareness
and to express support for children and adolescents with cancer, survivors and
their families.

Each year, more than 150,000 children are
diagnosed with cancer – a
disease that touches all regions of the world and impacts countless families
and communities. With access to quality care, more than 80% of children with
cancer can survive, living full and healthy lives. However, many children in
low-income and middle income countries do not receive or complete care, and, as
a result, over 90% of childhood cancer deaths occur in low resource settings.

A global response is
needed to give every child the best chance of surviving cancer free – to raise
awareness, improve access, better understand why and where children are
diagnosed with cancer through cancer registries, and offer the best possible
treatment, palliative care and support for children and their families. WHO has
expanded the WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines with additional medicines
to treat childhood and adult cancers.

This will help promote
access to low cost, high impact treatment. WHO has also provided guidance on
caring for children with cancer inWHO
guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of persisting pain in children with
medical illnesses. These initiatives lay the groundwork for broad
stakeholder action.

On International
Childhood Cancer Day, we pause to recognize contributions from advocates around
the world and call for renewed collaboration to care for children with cancer
globally.

lundi 1 février 2016

Save the date by Ronald Tintin, Super Professeur, Lyna Hussein and
Ronning Against Cancer on Thursday, February 4th 2016 :

Each
year on 4 February, WHO and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
supports Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to promote ways to ease
the global burden of cancer.

Cancer is the uncontrolled growth and spread of cells. It can affect almost any
part of the body. The growths often invade surrounding tissue and can
metastasize to distant sites.

Many
cancers can be prevented by avoiding exposure to common risk factors, such as
tobacco smoke. In addition, a significant proportion of cancers can be cured,
by surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy, especially if they are detected
early.

Taking
place under the tagline ‘We can. I can.’, World Cancer Day 2016-2018 will
explore how everyone – as a collective or as individuals – can do their
part to reduce the global burden of cancer.